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Nation's Business. Cutting coupons I

Nation's Business. Cutting coupons I

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

It might help some if Wall Street gave trading stamps / L.M. Glackens.

It might help some if Wall Street gave trading stamps / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a throng of people on Wall Street rushing to purchase stocks from trading houses that offer various amounts of green or pink trading stamps. Illus. in: Puck, v. 62, no. 1601 (1907 November 6... More

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are marked "A-1," which means they may be used at any time during the first two months after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered "A-2," "A-3," etc., and will be good during the respective two-month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

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Gas rationing booklet. This is the front conver of the "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic ration of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. The front cover will carry a description of the car for which the booklet is issued, as well as the name and address of the owner. The other coupon books used in the plan will resemble the "A" book, except in the order of printing and the number of coupons

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front conver of the "A" gasoline co...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasonline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are market "A," which means they may be used at any time during the month after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered, "A-2," "A-3" etc., and will be good during the respective month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a woman working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman working in a factory. Office of War...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Nation's Business. Cutting coupons II

Nation's Business. Cutting coupons II

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Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of Washington, D.C. Dodge automobile. Sign on sidewalk reads "Today's quota sold"

Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after making the family purchases from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. Here she submits ration coupons to the grocer for what she has purchased

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of Washington, D.C. Dodge automobile. Sign on sidewalk reads "Today's quota sold"

Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sugar rationing. Fair exchange for all Americans. Coupons from the war ration books assure a just distribution of the nation's sugar supply to all

Sugar rationing. Fair exchange for all Americans. Coupons from the war...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are marked "A-1," which means they may be used at any time during the first two months after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered "A-2," "A-3," etc., and will be good during the respective two-month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Gasoline rationing. It can't happen here in the gas-rationed East, but in the Midwest states you're still apt to see such a sign as this displayed outside a service station. Coupons for gasoline purchase are unknown in this part of the country

Gasoline rationing. It can't happen here in the gas-rationed East, but...

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Food in Britain. A British suburban housewife surrenders coupons for her supply of bacon. Consumers may purchase no more than four ounces of bacon per week and not more than twenty-three cents worth of other meats

Food in Britain. A British suburban housewife surrenders coupons for h...

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Food in England. A shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a British housewife's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon she is allowed for one week. Most foods in Britain are rationed and some brand names are given the designation "National"

Food in England. A shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a British housewi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Newsboys, begging tobacco coupons. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Lewis W. Hine. Photographer. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Newsboys, begging tobacco coupons. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Lewi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Diplomat robbed. Washington, D.C., June 3. Enrique Carlos de la Casa, attache of the Spanish Embassy today was robbed of $14,000 in negotiable coupons and $600 in cash while shopping in a Washington department store, he told police the coupons were stolen from his coat which he left on a counter in the men's department, the 10 coupons were valued at $1400 each, and were negotiable on June 15th. The $600 in cash was in $100 bills, and each coupon was a $100,000 treasury bond, 6337

Diplomat robbed. Washington, D.C., June 3. Enrique Carlos de la Casa, ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Copy from print. Gift; Harris... More

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasonline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are market "A," which means they may be used at any time during the month after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered, "A-2," "A-3" etc., and will be good during the respective month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Printing war ration book 2. The coupons and covers flow through the collator where the pages and covers are assembled and glued. The coupons and covers leave the collator assembled in glued sheets aggregating four war ration books. Otto Krants inspects a roll of coupons on collator

Printing war ration book 2. The coupons and covers flow through the co...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Gas ration stamps being printed, Bureau of Engraving & Printing / [WKL].

Gas ration stamps being printed, Bureau of Engraving & Printing / [WKL...

Photograph shows gas ration stamps being inspected with a magnifying glass at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington, D.C. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Phot... More

Sugar rationing. The coupons with which you and your neighbors purchase sugar are pasted onto a war ration stamp card by your grocer, who turns the filled card in to the Office of Price Administration (OPA) before his sugar stock can be replenished

Sugar rationing. The coupons with which you and your neighbors purchas...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front cover of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. The front cover will carry a description of the car for which the hooklet is issued as well as the name and address of the owner. The other coupon books used in the plan will rsemble the "A" book, except in the color of printing and number of coupons

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front cover of the new "A" gasoline...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Loss of U. S. 7-30 treasury notes with coupons and U S. Coupon bonds. Taken from the First national bank of St. Albans, Vt., by raiders, on the 19th of October, 1864, the following 7-30 treasury notes and U. S. 5-20 bonds, together with all coup

Loss of U. S. 7-30 treasury notes with coupons and U S. Coupon bonds. ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 177, Folder 39.

Diplomat robbed. Washington, D.C., June 3. Enrique Carlos de la Casa, attache of the Spanish Embassy today was robbed of $14,000 in negotiable coupons and $600 in cash while shopping in a Washington department store, he told police the coupons were stolen from his coat which he left on a counter in the men's department, the 10 coupons were valued at $1400 each, and were negotiable on June 15th. The $600 in cash was in $100 bills, and each coupon was a $100,000 treasury bond, 6/3/37

Diplomat robbed. Washington, D.C., June 3. Enrique Carlos de la Casa, ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Printing war ration book 2. Printing coupons for war ration book 2. Pressman Adolph Beyer watches as the coupons roll from the press in a steady stream at a printing establishment in Hoboken, New Jersey

Printing war ration book 2. Printing coupons for war ration book 2. Pr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.